Charlemagne | Biography, Accomplishments, Quotes & Death
Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) is also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was king of the Franks from 768, the king of the Lombards from 774, Emperor of the Carolingian dynasty, and the Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death.During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Emperor Augustus by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800, with some historians seeing this as an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire. The Carolingian Empire was in Europe, in a sense, a rival state to the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople (also called the Byzantine Empire ).Charlemagne is part of the Carolingian dynasty and is sometimes considered the founding father of both France and Germany. Some historians consider him the father of Europe. He was the fi...